Re: [tied] Germanic geminates

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From: Piotr Gasiorowski

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Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 6:49 AM

Subject: Re: [tied] Germanic geminates

On 2006-03-10 13:22, tgpedersen wrote:

>
> None of the above disproves a solution where words with geminates
> are loans from the *IE* Nordwestblock (Kuhn actually proposed two
> layers of Nordwestblock: one pre-IE, one subsequent, short-lived IE).
>

But it shows that at least _some_ words with geminates are due to the
normal development of inherited vocabulary: they can be captured in
terms of a regular sound law. I don't deny the possibility of other
words with geminates having some other origin (including substratal
loans). My only purpose was to defend the validity of Kluge's Law.

Piotr

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Patrick:

 

I have noticed a gemination of dorsals (especially, voiced) where "cognates" lead me to believe the earliest phone was a dorsal nasal.

 

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